Pyrocumulus clouds, also known as “fire clouds,” “are plumes of smoke ... “capping a smoke plume with a cauliflower-looking cloud,” the San Francisco Chronicle reported.

and even Padre Island were reporting the could see "orange in the sky" and a large plume of what they thought looked like smoke. Was it a grass fire? What was going on? So, being journalists ...

Extreme fire seasons in recent years highlight the urgent need to better understand wildfires within the broader context of ...

Wildfires with turbulent plumes can produce clouds that in turn can produce ... The interaction between wind, the fire plume and topography determines whether a tornado will develop, he said.

Scientists later described an ice-capped cloud that reached 7 miles into the ... Bukaty/AP) The interaction between wind, the fire plume and topography determines whether a tornado will develop ...